Improvement in vapor-burners



-"*r. WARD & H. 0. HUNT. Improvement in Vapor-Bus'ners. N0. 115,398.,

Patented May 30,1871.

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THOMAS WARD, or COLUMBUS,

PATENT OFFICE.

OHIO, AND HENRY o. HUNT, or cnroaeo, ILLINOIS,

IMPROVEMENTIN VAPOR-BURNERS. 4

To an whom it may cancer-m Be it known that we, THOMAS WARD, of

' Columbusfin the county of Franklin andState of Ohio, and HENRY 0. HUNT, of Chicago, in

, the county of Gookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vapor-Burner; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the arttb make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in barriers for volatile hydrocarp hon-vapor generators; andconsists in the'construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafterdescribed.

Inthe accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of the burner, Fig. [2 is a top-end view.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the cap of the burner, of conical form,

, having a slit,B,with an enlargement, O, at its base. D is'a concave overhanging flange on the burner E. F is a groove directly beneath the flange, and G represents holes from the'\ groove, which penetrate to the gas-chamber H. This groove serves to intensify and retain the heat in proximity to the heating-chamber,

andthus to afi'ord thlatter an opportunity of absorbing a larger proportion of said heat. I is an air-orifice; J is a vapor-tube.

Specificationformingpart of Letters Patent No. 115,398, dated May 30, 1871.

Jets of vapor are allowed to escape through the perforations G, which, when ignited, produce blue jets of flame, the heat from which is deflected downward by the concave flange, andserves to heat the body of the burner, thereby communicating heat to the reservoir and I vaporizing the liquid. The vapor thus generated rises in the tube J and passes up through the small orifice K, and throughthe air-orifice into the chamber H, from whence the jets escape and are ignited, as before stated.

' By means of the curved flange D the heat is thrown downward and absorbed by the burners.

Li ghth ydrocarbon fluid is used for this burner, a fluid that will vaporize at a low tempera 'ture.

The light produced is of high illuminating power, and quite equal, if not superior, to the best street gas.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 'Patent- In combination with a slitted cap, A B, a

burner, E, having the apertures G, recess F, and downwardly-concave deflector D, arran ged as and for the purpose-specified.

THOMAS WARD.

HENRY O. HUNT.

Witnesses:

' Geo. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

